socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. We also have a brand partnership, Coca Cola, which is actually funding internal development projects who are using our companies to develop them.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

I worked at Barnes and Noble through three releases of the Nook, and then I moved over to a smaller company, Buddy Media, where I ran all of the analytics products. I got experience with product development, lots of customer facing experience, and real time analytics. and internationally. We were acquired by Salesforce.com for $800M.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total Raised: $366mm.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency.

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Custom 52

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency.

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Custom Customer 57

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC. Getting Things Started. The ultimate plan?

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

In less than an hour and at the cost of $50, the Kingsmen created an international hit and established garage rock as a mainstream musical genre. In a similar manner, lean startups must rapidly and cheaply develop minimally viable products and quickly assess the merit of their underlying value propositions. Doomed Product Development.

Startup 217

Startup RSS Marketing Sales 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Custom Customer 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Product Development: philosophie. Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal. Social Media: Snapchat. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

Enter Beansprout , an interesting new start up with a quirky name (and even even quirkier logo) that describes itself as a business development service, but with an interesting twist. We think business development is overdue for an overhaul and we’re making it faster and easier than ever,” says Alex Kehayias, co-founder of BeanSprout.

Statistics 61

Statistics Startup eHarmony SaaS 61

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I connected with Andrea Gouw , the founder of ShopperSeeks.com , on Twitter (thank you social media), when reaching out for women CEOs and founders around the country. So I did an internship in digital media space and then worked at Global Grind, a content media Hip Hop site, after graduation. Kyle: Is this your first company?

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Ad/Banner blindness, a talent which we’ve developed rather well as a society: The ability to subconsciously block out commercials WHILE physically watching. And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. IMAGINE THE ALTERNATIVE.

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

There's content, digital media, and enterprise, and obviously eSports is centered here, AR and VR should be centered here, though we're early on that so we'll see how that plays out. The LIDAR, the sensors, the software, what's been developed for and by the aerospace industry, JPL, and local universities.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). Price: $1.99

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Pick an internal email system ( Gmail , Outlook ). Master social media marketing. Go mobile and consider app development.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) We’re not looking for business development people, we’re looking for product guys. An ideal team would be a CEO and 4-5 developers. If you’re not a developer, find someone who is. What do you look for in a team? (0:34:00).

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Omeid Seirafi-Pour is the CEO and Domain Expertise, John Gulbronson is the CTO or Software Developer and I am Calvin Schemanski, the CMO or 2-Time Entrepreneur. Local search (powered by reviews/recommendations) is extremely important to any company with an interest in mobile, social, local or commerce experiences. What inspired you?

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318